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Tough birding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At one point I stopped at the National Forest to fill the feeder. I made the mistake of parking tail-end to the wind. When I opened my door, it swung open hard, but I was able to control it so it didn\u2019t warp the hinges or frame. However, when I got back in the car, I didn\u2019t have the strength to close the door. So I had to get in, turn the car around, and then I could close it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wind was picking up water from every body of water (lagoon, ponds, puddles) and spraying all over the place, making keeping clean car windows difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some photos of the wind spray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only bird of note today was Mottled Petrel. Before last September, I never had this species. However, last year, after a storm (and similar winds to today\u2019s) we had thousands of shearwaters, many albatrosses, and a good number of Mottled Petrels in Kuluk Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We only had a smattering of shearwaters today, but a few Mottled Petrels were mixed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andy\u2019s group had a Brambling in town this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After this spring\u2019s bountiful Rock Ptarmigan counts (up to 111 in one day), they have been much harder to find on this trip. A high so far of only 10. I assume the hunters have had a part in this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n I went down to Finger Bay this morning, but didn’t add anything new. However, it reminded me to measure the width of the bay when I got back home. When you drive down to the bay, it looks like a short distance across. However, it is one-quarter mile at the point where you first approach it, making birds that are large look tiny in perspective. I was fooled many times (in our early trips) into thinking I was looking at auklets, when they were in fact, murrelets or murres! I know better now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The wind is supposed to be only in the 20s tomorrow. Much more manageable for bird-finding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trip list is 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today\u2019s list can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/checklist\/S275163238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Trip Report can be viewed at https:\/\/ebird.org\/tripreport\/413629?welcome=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a little breezy\u2026 Temps in the 50s, overcast in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon, Winds west 20-50(!) mph Tough birding. At one point I stopped at the National Forest to fill the feeder. I made the mistake … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EastSidePonds_09232025.jpg\")
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